I recently found out that the house i was about to rent is 75meter away from a big celltower, so I want to cancel the contract tomorrow.

BUT

I've read that the radiation being put out by the neighbours wifi and DECT phones,is much bigger than the radiation being put out by big cell tower at 75meters distance.

Is this true? Because if it is, then I guess that sometimes it must be safer near a tower than at places with safe distance from them.I live in a country where the limits of cell towers have recently been lowered to "3V/m"; but it's unclear whether the cell tower I would like to live next to is operating within that standard already, or whether it ever will... And if it ever will,it's also unclear to me whether that standard is safe?

One thing is certain: i want to continue to live in cities, and not move to the amazon.I just want to live at a place where radiation is not too extreme;

and I guess 75m near a tower is too extreme... or is it not?I'm confused!

The tower I'd like to live close to, has 12 (space diversity) + 6 antennae. So i guess 18 in total. The antenna have been placed at least 25meters high. The place i'd like to live is at ground level, 75meters away from the tower.

The tower is meant to produce elektromagnetic waves between 10 MHz en 10 GHz.If the mast produces more than 5% of it's capabilities, they must alert the authorities so someone independent from the cellphone operator must go and check whether the radiation levels are safe.

The regulations for this mast, says that around the tower,SAR values are forbidden to be higher than 0,02 W/kg (in a random period of 6 minutes)

Hi, I'm not good with the technical stuff - my sensitivity to EMRs is at a purely instinctive level; I just feel it as pain to differing levels of severity, depending on where the source happens to be, and how strong the emissions are - but 75m is WAY too close to a cell tower. Originally, 300m was given as a MINIMUM distance for people to live/work/play nearby; and bear in mind that was long before the 2G/3G/4G/Tetra levels were introduced, and blanket residential wi-fi existed.

Yes but you are from the UK,are the cell towers there not much more dangerous than those in Belgium ?

This is very possibly true; although the 300m figure was from Canada, or a North European country's health agency if memory serves. Smartphones and localised wi-fi cause a similar type of pain (and other disabling symptoms) but nothing like as severe as from phone masts, towers or the like. Also remember that your home will be continually in the tower's line of fire, with no let-up, and the radiation will accumulate.

I would be surprised if laptops and cellphones (even smartphones) would cause more harm than a cell tower, long-term.

I have made some calculations and according to data available,the kind of tower and it's distance i'd live next to,would pollute the place with at least

0.8V/m; and at most 1.5V/m

This means:+- 5 times less radiaton than WIFI on your lap,+- 5 times more radiation than DECT base at 5m distance,+- 11 times more radiation than WIFI router at 5m distance.

But as you said, unlike all these devices, the radiation from a tower is 24/7.

Spending 12 hours per day in such a home would be like sitting 2.5 hours per day with a WIFI active connection on your lap,or like being at 5 m distance from a DECT for 5 days in just 1 day,or like being at 5 m distance from a WIFI active router for 5 days in just 1 day.

continuedAnd note from the graphs in the Chritine Kind presentation that the closer you are in horizontal height - and also the closer you are in vertical height to the transmitter the higher the exposures will be.It is necessary to measure levels really to know what is there.

Scroll down to Inadequate 10 year old ICNIRP guidelinesand pick up the link here:"On 27th November - Eileen O'Connor presented her personal story at the Emergency Conference on Human Health in an Electro-technological World. The event was sponsored by Roger Coghill and was hosted at the Royal Society, London. [PDF]"

Ok i'm starting to get pretty convinced how real the threat is.I have read though that it's possible to have more EMF-pollution if you live far away from a tower than if you live close to one.

It would depend on the household appliances your neighbours have as well as how the electricity is wired.Should i stay at my current appartment, shield it with cheap materials and sleep in a faraday cage...

or should move to a different appartment, and risk perhaps having more EMF-pollution that at the place i am at now?I feel like running away into the amazon :p

I cannot believe 18 antennas at 70 meters.If you count all sectorantennas together, yes.But each sender has 3 sector antennas, so you will have 6 antennas.One for GSM900, one for GSM1800 and one for UMTS.

So I count then 2 masts, with each 3 antennas.Problably from 2 different providers.

When they all are blowing at full colors, you may have a total of 9,47 V/m.

How about living in a van and parking the van far enough from mobile mast and wifi. Is that a good way to avoid radiation?

That's actually what I would do if I could; if you don't stay in one place too long, and can move around to places where you feel it's less EMR-dense, it limits your exposure....which will lessen the damage it will do. Especially as mast emissions fluctuate in strength from hour to hour and day to day.

I'd live that nomadic life myself if I wasn't severely ill and dependent on other people (as well as committed to a property which we cannot easily sell).

An electrosensitive friend was driven out of his home because of the nearby phone mast emissions. He rented a rather grotty, old, aluminium caravan somewhere remote for a while. BUT, he had breathing problems because of the mould in the caravan = despite his efforts to remove it = and also he also had problems with the chemical loo in the caravan. He is also chemically sensitive. He moved out for the Winter into a rented house.

I have a similar issue... bit further away, I'm considering renting a property 500m from a ginormous tower/electricity station on a main road.I want to know what a safe distance would be, it appears they are everywhere but some are emitting stronger frequencies?

The further away the better. If you are in direct sight of the mast that is not good. Bear in mind that levels tend to be higher on the 1st, 2nd floor of a house compared to the ground floor. If you are in a flat living on a high floors then you will be getting more exposure.

You really need to measure the exposures at any properties that you are considering.

If the beam of a transmitter is for instance directed to the North, this beam will transmit about 5-12 degrees under the horizon.Diagrams of transmitters only show a vertical and a horizontal view, but never a 3-dimensional view.With the aforementioned transmitter, there may be side beams.They point in the East and the West, but not under an agle of 5-12 degrees, but about 80 degrees under the horizon.Some time ago, Bornkessel did measure may transmitters in Germany, and found that under those transmitters RF radiation was measured reaching the famous Swiss guidelines, which is a lot.See reports on http://www.milieuziektes.nl/Pagina12d.htmlSo, below mobile phone masts, it is not safe.

I reside in Ocean shores where Telstra project of putting a 33m tower in the middle of a residential area- 80 m away from the fist one and less that 300 m from 2 schools..... What do you think of that. Any technical or scientific reports or remarks will help- I am opposing the project and they are about to put their DA soon.... Thanksdanielle_levis@hotmail.com

Just to be sure: the tower is 40 meter tall and only 3 meters away from your house?

From such measures of distance, one can only speculate on the amount of radiation exposure you are receiving at home and there are many factors to consider, like the building materials of your house (concrete? bricks? etc.).

According to the scientific cell tower studies published to date, then yes, there is a risk from radiation exposure, especially if you live closer than 400m to a tower. 80% of cell tower studies show health effects. Yet only few countries have taken precautionary measures to reduce exposure.

In your case, since your house is so close to a tower that is so tall, a portion of the radiation might be going over your house and thus not directly exposing you. Cell towers transmit directional beams of radiation that typically reach ground level at a distance of 100-250m. It is in that area that the radiation is most intense. However, keep in mind that cell towers also produce so-called "side lobes" that are like narrow rays of radiation that reach ground level as close as 10m from the tower. See the image below (click the image to make it larger):Note: the dark areas show the radiation pattern. Close to the cell tower there are sharp side-lobes shooting towards ground-level and then there is the main-beam that reaches ground approx. 100m distance.

It is advisable to get microwave radiation measurements done to be sure. Prefer an independent technician who measures pulse-peak values instead of Industry technicians who only measure an averaged level and therefore greatly underestimate actual exposure.

Dear Sir, Thank you so much for your good information and make me understand and when I look the image so I think my house, family and I will not be directly exposed from radiation, but to be sure I will ask the technician to measure the microwave radiation. My house is a villa house, about 8 meter tall from the roof to the ground. Now I am worry and afraid that the cell tower fall down and make my house and property are damaged. So excuse me, Has the tower ever fallen down and should it be removed? and should I install an earth line in at my house to protect thunder?

I gave away my first cell phone after 6 days in 1999, then I went back to using cell phones, but not that much, then I started using them only with a headset, now I like to leave it switched off, the next step will be to throw it away.

Since the gradual introduction of 4G and residential wi-fi I am dead meat. I have a constant headache, and I can't live in my country anymore (I am in Switzerland). I am currently making contingency plans to go up into the mountains, and later I will go out of country and out of Europe.

The microwave installations are weapons of the new world order, lobotomize the popolation by choice and consent, and have them even pay you for doing so! Time to wake up!

kikeo.You say you will ask THE Technician to measure the radiation!Which Technician?The cell phone mast installing company Technician??Please dont, get an Independent Technician PLEASE!The cell phone company technician will give you a measurement that fits His Employers, Not You and your family!Believe me please, we had that done at our home, and none of what they told us was true.So, Please get an Independent Company to measure.I do not know where you live, but we know of Independent experts in many countries and might be able to help with a name.You can write to me confidentially here<: agnes@mast-victims.organd give me your country of residence and I will see what we can find through our many international connectionsBest regards.Agnesagnes@mast-victims.org

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